European Factors to Watch-Shares seen opening lower

LONDON Jan 4 (Reuters) - European stocks were seen opening lower on Monday,
tracking a pullback on Asian and U.S. equity markets, while weak Chinese
economic data was also expected to weigh on shares.

Financial spreadbetters at IG expected Britain's FTSE 100 to open
down by 37 points, or 0.6 percent lower. Germany's DAX was seen down by
162 points, or 1.5 percent lower, while France's CAC 40 was seen down by
33 points, or 0.7 percent lower.

China's factory activity contracted for the 10th straight month in December
and at a sharper pace than in November, a private survey showed, dampening hopes
that the world's second-largest economy will enter 2016 on a more stable
footing.

The weak data caused Chinese and Asian shares to slump, with China's
benchmark CSI300 share index tumbling 7 percent on Monday, prompting
the stock exchange to halt trading for the rest of the day.

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AIRBUS :

European planemaker Airbus has won a deal to sell three A380
superjumbo jets to Japan's biggest carrier ANA Holdings Inc 9202.T in a deal
valued at about 150 billion yen ($1.25 billion), the Nikkei reported.
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